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Gravesham ( ) is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England. The council is based in its largest town of Gravesend. The borough is indirectly named after Gravesend, using the form of the town's name as it appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086. The district also contains Northfleet and a number of villages and surrounding rural areas.
Parts of the borough lie within the Kent Downs, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The neighbouring districts are Dartford, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, and Medway, plus Thurrock on the opposite side of the River Thames.
Gravesham is twinned with Cambrai in Hauts-de-France, France and Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Gravesham parliamentary constituency covers the same area as the borough.
The modern district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of two former districts and parts of a third, which were all abolished at the same time:
The district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: (Put "Gravesham" in search box to see specific results.)
| 1974–1976 |
| 1976–1987 |
| 1987–1993 |
| 1993–2007 |
| 2007–2011 |
| 2011–2015 |
| 2015–2018 |
| 2018–2019 |
| 2019–2021 |
| 2021–2023 |
| 2023–present |
| 2003 |
| May 2007 |
| 26 Jun 2007 |
| May 2011 |
| May 2015 |
| Mar 2017 |
| Aug 2018 |
| May 2019 |
| 22 | |
| 13 | |
| 5 | |
The wards are:
Cobham Hall, also in the highest architectural category, is a stately home which was formerly the seat of the Earls of Darnley: since 1965 it has been a private girls' school. Cobham Park is Grade II*-listed which is listed separately in the gardens and parklands category of classification approved by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport; and includes the remains of a Roman villa.
The other Grade I-listed buildings in the borough comprise its ancient .
Gravesham is home to the largest Sikh Gurdwara in Europe, Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara.
Parishes
The borough includes six , covering the more rural eastern and southern parts. The more urban north-west of the borough, roughly corresponding to the combined area of the former borough of Gravesend and urban district of Northfleet, is an unparished area. The parishes are:
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